The Pumas 7’s They are the best team in the world. The albiceleste team assured for the first time winning the regular phase of the Sevens World Tour after finishing the Singapore tournament in fifth place, which closed this Sunday with a victory over South Africa by 14-10. The victory made him unreachable after an almost perfect seasonwhich he will seek to endorse in the finals that will be held between May 31 and June 2, in Madrid, in a kind of tennis Masters, with the eight best in the annual ranking.
And who else but the coach Santiago Gomez Cora to contextualize what this sporting milestone means. “I can not believe it. You know my entire career as a player and now as a coach. I lost against you by more than 40 points and now we lead the table. It’s a dream. “I am very happy, very proud of my country,” said the now coach, in dialogue with the former New Zealand player. Karl Te Nanawho is currently a field reporter for the official broadcast of the world circuit.
“If people know who we are, more people support our team. We need more kids playing. We were able to put Argentina as the leader. We are very proud because we are leading this season and it is a dream. When you work very hard, dreams come true”Gómez Cora completed.
Transferred to numbers, Los Pumas were impeccable. They got three titles (Cape Town, Perth and Vancouver) which were also consecutive, beating Australia (twice) and New Zealand; a silver medal at the premiere in Dubai (lost to South Africa), two fifth places (in Los Angeles and this weekend in Singapore) and a ninth place in Hong Kong. So they added 106 points in seven contests.
They had to wait until this Sunday because they had to lose 21-5 against Ireland (the one who could take first place) in the quarterfinals of the seventh and final stage of the regular phase, which is being held in Singapore, and they will play their luck in the fight for fifth place, with one eye on what the Irish do on the road to the title.
The group led by Santiago Gomez Cora They had taken first place in group A by defeating Canada with a categorical 38-0 and favored by the 26-10 defeat of Australia (which had previously beaten them) against New Zealand, which they overwhelmingly beat 33-5 . Meanwhile, Ireland had accessed the decisive crossroads almost through the windowas third in zone C, behind the United States and England.
The duel in the majestic National Stadium of Singapore, with capacity for 55,000 spectators, the Albiceleste had to recover this Sunday from an adverse start, after the tries of Tiaan Pretorius and Siviwe Soyizwapi. The complement was the moment of the comeback, thanks to the support of Agustín Fraga, Tobías Wade and Matteo Grazianoin the last play of the match.
“Thank you for supporting us! The schedule is terrible for us. Go to the clubs, play rugby… And let’s go Los Pumas 7s!”concluded Gómez Cora, a key man in the history of Argentine rugby seven.
The world circuit title will be defined in the capital of Spain: it will be a new concept for a Series that puts “emotion at the heart of the fan experience”, as explained by the official site. It will see the introduction of the ‘jeopardy’ concept, whereby each match counts in the race to be crowned champions of the Series, in which the eight qualifiers will be divided into two groups (1st, 4th, 5th and 8th on the one hand; and the 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 7th for another). The first two from each zone will go to the semis.
A few weeks later, they will begin to prepare the great goal of the year for Los Pumas: the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
2024-05-05 12:11:33
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